Residents of the Nambucca Valley settlement of Valla say they are horrified the New South Wales Government seems to have earmarked their region as a potential mineral resource for the next 20 years.

Maps in the draft North Coast Regional Plan identify land for mining from south of the Bellingen-Nambucca Shire boundary, and inland from west of the Pacific Highway to Tewinga.

Valla resident and macadamia farmer Susan Jenvey said there had not been any community consultation about the draft plan, and it was a "complete folly" to cover the entire Valla rural area with a large quarry.

We were hoping, after they'd taken out a million cubic metres of rock, our time of being the sacrificial lamb might be over

Susan Jenvey, Valla resident and macadamia farmer

"Valla is a place of great natural beauty and social and cultural harmony, and it's an important agricultural and environmental resource," Ms Jenvey said.

"That's going to be trashed if the plan goes ahead.

"Not enough in-depth cost analysis has been done to what this means for agriculture, tourism, our complementary rural industries and our future security.

"Who wants the potential of mining hanging over your head for 20 years?"

The draft plan states: "The NSW Government's Mineral Resource Audit has been used to show the known potential mineral resource sites on the north coast".

MP waits for submissions to council

Oxley MP Melinda Pavey, whose electorate takes in Valla, has declined to comment on the issue until she has heard submissions to the Nambucca council meeting on Thursday, April 14.

That meeting will be at the Valla Public Hall starting at 5:30pm.

Ms Jenvey said the community would like the NSW Government and the Nambucca Shire Council to address their concerns.

"How long do we at Valla have to put up with having this quarry in our midst?" Ms Jenvey asked.

"We have put up with noise and dust and truck movements and blasting and loss of visual impacts from a lot of our properties," she said.

"We were hoping, after they'd taken out a million cubic metres of rock, our time of being the sacrificial lamb might be over."

Nambucca Shire Council general manager Michael Coulter said the draft plan also listed Valla as an urban growth area.

"The council will be seeking clarification in relation to what on the face of it seems to be mutually conflicting mapping and planning," he said.

"We obviously can't have a mineral resource extraction where we have an approved urban growth area."